3.01 - Analyze the molecular basis of heredity including:
DNA Replication
Proteins Synthesis (transcription, translation)
Gene Regulation

How do you say this word???

deoxyribonucleic acid	thymine	guanine	transcription	ribonucleic acid	ribose
cytosine	adenine	uracil	translation	deoxyribose	phosphate

Unit Lecture Notes -

Did you miss any of our class discussion? If so click here to hear it again

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Trying it on your own

Build a DNA molecule - Together in class we built a dna molecule. Now try it on your own....

How does DNA make a protein? Click here to find out

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Assignments:
1. Article Reading - Read the article "Child DNA Donors" . Click here to post your response

2. Get Creative! Making a comic strip

Here is an example explaining DNA:

3. Using scrapblog (set up the account using your gaggle) show how we go from DNA to a protein. We will show these in class.

4. Practice your vocabulary. Click Here

5. How do we extract DNA from living things? Try it out here before we do it in class.

What did you learn??? go here and contribute your thoughts

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For Fun:
Send a dna-o-gram
DNA double helix game
DNA Review Game

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• Unless you are an identical twin, your DNA is unique.
• Fingerprints are unique to each person, even identical twins.
• Your gender and physical characteristics are determined by your DNA.
• Genes exist in pairs; one half comes from a person's mother and the other half from the individual's father.
• Humans have at least 30,000 genes.
• Goldfish have more genes than humans do.